Strength (Tarot Card) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Strength is the name of the fourth boss in The House of the Dead 2, and is depicted as a giant, chainsaw-wielding zombie. It should be mentioned that all of the bosses in the House of the Dead series are named for the Major Arcana.

• In Persona 3 Yuko (The Team Manager) is the social link for the Strength Arcana, Koromaru the dog member of SEES also. Strength Arcana includes such as Valkyrie and Siegfried.

• In Persona 4 Kou and Daisuke (The Sports Athletes) is the social link for the Strength Arcana.

• In Saint Seiya Episode.G, Aiolia of Leo is depicted as The Strength in the tarot cards released with the manga.

• In the anime Yu-Gi-Oh GX, the tarot-using villain Sartorious used Strength to represent Jaden Yuki's friend Tyranno Hasselberry.

• In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Strength was a huge ship-like stand controlled by a highly intelligent orangutan.

• In Episode 5 of the anime series "Kuroshitsuji II" (sequel to "Kuroshitsuji"), the Strength card is featured during the intermission slides. Ciel Phantomhive holds the card right side up, while Alois Trancy holds it upside down.

• In the SNES game Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, the Strength tarot card is labeled as VIII, and depicts a woman wearing a wreath on her head and a white robe, with a ribbon sash around her waist, and taming a big lion by stroking its head and face. On drawing the Tarot card after liberation of one of the towns, it increases the characters' strength by 1 (though much weaker than the Chariot), and, when used in battle, increases their defense by a little bit.

• In the popular Indie Game The Binding of Isaac, all of the Major Arcana/Minor Arcana Tarot cards can be found and used during gameplay. Strength, when used, makes the player bigger, gives more health and damage until the player leaves the room.

• In the anime Arcana Famiglia, The character called Pace made a contract with the card, the Strength.